Festivals & Public Holidays 2025
Every gazetted public holiday in Sri Lanka, 2025: Poya days, the Sinhala & Tamil New Year, and national, Hindu, Christian and Muslim observances.
| Date | Day | Type | Holiday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 January 2025 | Monday | Poya | Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day (දුරුතු / துருது) |
| 14 January 2025 | Tuesday | Hindu | Tamil Thai Pongal Day (தமிழ் தைப்பொங்கல் தினம்) |
| 4 February 2025 | Tuesday | National | Independence Day (சுதந்திர தினம்) |
| 12 February 2025 | Wednesday | Poya | Navam Full Moon Poya Day (නවම් / நவம்) |
| 26 February 2025 | Wednesday | Hindu | Maha Shivaratri Day (மகா சிவராத்திரி தினம்) |
| 13 March 2025 | Thursday | Poya | Medin Full Moon Poya Day (මැදින් / மெதின்) |
| 31 March 2025 | Monday | Muslim | Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramadan Festival Day) (ஈதுல் பித்ர் (ரமழான் தினம்)) |
| 12 April 2025 | Saturday | Poya | Bak Full Moon Poya Day (බක් / பக்) |
| 13 April 2025 | Sunday | New Year | Day before Sinhala and Tamil New Year (சிங்கள, தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு தினத்திற்கு முந்திய தினம்) |
| 14 April 2025 | Monday | New Year | Sinhala and Tamil New Year Day (சிங்கள, தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு தினம்) |
| 15 April 2025 | Tuesday | National | Special Bank Holiday |
| 18 April 2025 | Friday | Christian | Good Friday (பெரிய வெள்ளி தினம்) |
| 1 May 2025 | Thursday | National | International Labour Day (உலக தொழிலாளர் தினம்) |
| 12 May 2025 | Monday | Poya | Vesak Full Moon Poya Day (වෙසක් / வெசக்) |
| 13 May 2025 | Tuesday | Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day (வெசக் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினத்திற்குப் அடுத்த தினம்) | |
| 7 June 2025 | Saturday | Muslim | Eid al-Adha (Hajj Festival Day) (ஈதுல் அழ்ஹா (ஹஜ் பெருநாள் தினம்)) |
| 10 June 2025 | Tuesday | Poya | Poson Full Moon Poya Day (පොසොන් / பொசன்) |
| 10 July 2025 | Thursday | Poya | Esala Full Moon Poya Day (ඇසළ / எசல) |
| 8 August 2025 | Friday | Poya | Nikini Full Moon Poya Day (නිකිණි / நிகினி) |
| 5 September 2025 | Friday | Muslim | Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad's Birthday) ((மீலாதுன் நபி) நபிகள் நாயகத்தின் பிறந்த தினம்) |
| 7 September 2025 | Sunday | Poya | Binara Full Moon Poya Day (බිනර / பினர) |
| 6 October 2025 | Monday | Poya | Vap Full Moon Poya Day (වප් / வப்) |
| 20 October 2025 | Monday | Hindu | Deepavali Festival Day (தீபாவளிப் பண்டிகை தினம்) |
| 5 November 2025 | Wednesday | Poya | Il Full Moon Poya Day (ඉල් / இல்) |
| 4 December 2025 | Thursday | Poya | Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day (උඳුවප් / உதுவப்) |
| 25 December 2025 | Thursday | Christian | Christmas Day (நத்தார் பண்டிகை தினம்) |
Source: Government Printing Department (Sri Lanka) official 2025 holiday calendar (26 public holidays), as reported in full by Ada Derana (https://www.adaderana.lk/news/104417/sri-lankas-2025-holiday-calendar-heres-the-full-list).
Historical year. Fixed-date and computus-based entries (Independence Day, Labour Day, Good Friday, Christmas) are standard and not separately re-derived. Islamic dates (Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Milad-un-Nabi) are taken from the gazette only -- this site does not compute Hijri dates for Sri Lanka, since the engine's own islamic_date field is sourced for India's moon-sighting committee (hijri_committee_india), not Sri Lanka's, and publishing it here would misattribute a different country's reckoning. See tamil_source for how name_ta/month_name_ta were sourced for this year specifically (template reuse, not an independently found 2025 document).